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Atla recondita

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Atla recondita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Atla
Species:
A. recondita
Binomial name
Atla recondita
S.Tibell & Tibell (2015)

Atla recondita is a rare alpine species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Sweden, it was formally described as new to science in 2015 by Sanja and Leif Tibell. The type specimen was collected from Hamrafjället (Härjedalen Municipality) at an altitude of 1,075 m (3,527 ft); there, it was found growing on calciferous rocks. It is known only from a few locations in this area, collected at an altitude range between 610 and 1,075 m (2,001 and 3,527 ft). The lichen has a thin olive brown-coloured thallus and ascospores with 9–15 transverse septa and 3–4 longitudinal septa. The authors note that it is not possible to distinguish this species from the similar Polyblastia by morphology alone.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Tibell, Sanja; Tibell, Leif (2015). "Two new species of Atla (Verrucariaceae)". The Lichenologist. 47 (2): 93–98. doi:10.1017/s0024282915000018.